Tarrant Monkton and Launceston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 2019. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Tarrant Monkton and Launceston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ragged-cobalt-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Tarrant Monkton and Launceston War Memorial, Village Green, Blandford Forum, DT11 8RX
- OS grid reference
- ST 944 088
- Coordinates
- 50.87941, -2.08054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a First World War memorial located on the village green in the centre of Tarrant Monkton. The memorial is approximately 3 metres high and consists of a short Portland stone obelisk set upon a tapering square Portland stone plinth, which itself rests on a limestone block base. A furled banner and wreath are carved in relief on the front face of the obelisk. The square plinth is inscribed with black painted incised lettering, reading: “SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE FOLLOWING MEN FROM/ TARRANT MONKTON/ AND LAUNCESTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 18./ (NAMES)”.
Local climate
Tarrant Monkton and Launceston War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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